Secularization: An Analysis at Three Levels

by Karel Dobbelaere and Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Religion Catholic University of Leuven Professor of Sociolog

In an epoch in which religion has explicitly and sometimes violently returned to the forefront of the global public scene, the process of secularization that has fundamentally marked Western and particularly European societies demands attention and analysis. This book, written from a sociological perspective, takes up that challenge. The author distinguishes three levels of secularization. Societal secularization which is a typical consequence of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820446939
• ISBN13: 9780820446936
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
• Length: 214 Pages